Surname Vitasović in modern Croatia

Vitasović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pula area. According to some sources they are from Drvenika near Makarske, very rarely Italians (Pula). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area. In Orbanići in Pula area every second inhabitant had the family name Vitasović.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Vitasović live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Pula (170), in Vodnjan (65) and Orbanici (45) in Pula area, Fazana (20), and in Marcana in Pula area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vitasović (including: Vitasovic , Vitasovich and Vitassovich ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Vitasovic " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Enco Vitasović, Milan Vitasović, Miroslava Vitasović, Alen Vitasović, Anton Vitasović, Klaudio Vitasović, Denis Vitasović, Elena Vitasović, Lidija Vitasović, Boris Vitasović, Sergio Vitasović, Dejan Vitasović, Nataša Vitasović, Jelena Vitasović, Aleksa Vitasović, Oliver Vitasović, Rahela Vitasović, Robert Vitasović, Vicko Vitasović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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